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1. Ah what can mean that eager joy

First Line:
Ah what can mean that eager joy
Last Line:
Nothing so happy so beloved as we
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
4478

2. Arise my sweet Phillis and let's to the grove

First Line:
Arise my sweet Phillis and let's to the grove
Last Line:
In mighty love's name that should still command all
DMI number:
42654

3. At the brow of a hill a fair shepherdess dwelt

First Line:
At the brow of a hill a fair shepherdess dwelt
Last Line:
But remember the lass at the brow of the hill
Author:
Mary Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:
23690

4. At the sight of my Phillis from every part

First Line:
At the sight of my Phillis from every part
Last Line:
To live sober all day and chaste all the night
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4206

5. Behold the wanton fly that plays

First Line:
Behold the wanton fly that plays
Last Line:
And both are martyrs to the flame
DMI number:
3877

6. Believest thou I could curse the dame I prize

First Line:
Believest thou I could curse the dame I prize
Last Line:
Thou dost all things incredible and base
DMI number:
8753

7. Calvus if tears which we profusely shed

First Line:
Calvus if tears which we profusely shed
Last Line:
Though sudden as the joys to think how well you love
DMI number:
8543

8. Celia now my heart has broke

First Line:
Celia now my heart has broke
Last Line:
Scares the airy form away
DMI number:
6596

9. Celia thy sweet angels face

First Line:
Celia thy sweet angels face
Last Line:
So fair a heaven with mine arms to embrace
DMI number:
44468

10. Chloris twill be for either's rest

First Line:
Chloris twill be for either's rest
Last Line:
Tis too much to lose time and you
DMI number:
6736

11. Darkness does now the world surround

First Line:
Darkness does now the world surround
Last Line:
I'll haste to slumber in the grave
DMI number:
42764

12. Fair sweet and young receive a prize

First Line:
Fair sweet and young receive a prize
Last Line:
For after dying all reprieves too late
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4195

13. For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes

First Line:
For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes
Last Line:
And burn in sacrifice before the dame
DMI number:
8957

14. Hail mighty Venus at whose shrine

First Line:
Hail mighty Venus at whose shrine
Last Line:
Yet oh methinks too weak they prove
DMI number:
42789

15. Hail to mighty Venus at whose shrine

First Line:
Hail to mighty Venus at whose shrine
Last Line:
Yet oh methinks too weak they prove
DMI number:
42528

16. Good Susan be as secret as you can

First Line:
Good Susan be as secret as you can
Last Line:
Then wearing horns doth hurt a cuckolds head
DMI number:
43862

17. Hence hence you vain fantastic fears

First Line:
Hence hence you vain fantastic fears
Last Line:
And wonder what it is we do
DMI number:
42282

18. How now pretty Phillis what no Queen of may

First Line:
How now pretty Phillis what no Queen of may
Last Line:
Thou art the foolishest Phillis that ever was born
DMI number:
20678

19. How quickly are love's pleasures gone

First Line:
How quickly are love's pleasures gone
Last Line:
As long as all the mighty round of vast eternity
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
5769

20. How quickly are love's pleasures gone

First Line:
How quickly are love's pleasures gone
Last Line:
Whose sweets as swift as thought are past
DMI number:
44367

21. In vain fair Cloris you design

First Line:
In vain fair Cloris you design
Last Line:
Alike its weakness and its pride
DMI number:
44457

22. Love thus is pure which is refined

First Line:
Love thus is pure which is refined
Last Line:
Such love endures when youth and beauty's flown
DMI number:
6823

23. Much had I heard of fair Francelia's name

First Line:
Much had I heard of fair Francelia's name
Last Line:
A bright destruction and a shining tomb
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
6994

24. My Lesbia to that pass my mind is brought

First Line:
My Lesbia to that pass my mind is brought
Last Line:
Could I but still desire and love you still
DMI number:
8752

25. My life you make proposals that our love

First Line:
My life you make proposals that our love
Last Line:
And not before its period may our friendship end
DMI number:
8757

26. If love's a sweet passion why does it torment

First Line:
If love's a sweet passion why does it torment
Last Line:
And our eyes tell each other what neither durst name
Author:
Robert Lucke (Absolute) & Elkanah Settle (Absolute)
DMI number:
12625

27. Let fears and objections away

First Line:
Let fears and objections away
Last Line:
But pleasures eternally flowing | Such joys &c
DMI number:
44291

28. Keep on your mask and hide your eye

First Line:
Keep on your mask and hide your eye
Last Line:
When life is done where shall I go
Author:
William Strode (Confident)
DMI number:
4491

29. Now evening had tinged the gay landscape with gold

First Line:
Now evening had tinged the gay landscape with gold
Last Line:
And believe when they swear that their oaths are all wind
Author:
John Ogilvie (Absolute)
DMI number:
32580

30. O my dearest I shall grieve thee

First Line:
O my dearest I shall grieve thee
Last Line:
But wilt thou know dear sweet for all
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
42489

31. Oh tell me tell thou god of wind

First Line:
Oh tell me tell thou god of wind
Last Line:
Yea breathless leave me to my ease
Author:
William Strode (Absolute)
DMI number:
42296

32. P--lly wanton gay and airy

First Line:
P--lly wanton gay and airy
Last Line:
But oh the heaven in Letty's arms
DMI number:
10142

33. Quintilia's in the town's opinion fine

First Line:
Quintilia's in the town's opinion fine
Last Line:
But never never give the heart delight
DMI number:
8526

34. Phillis to whom none dare be rude

First Line:
Phillis to whom none dare be rude
Last Line:
I dare not tell but mum for that
DMI number:
32921

35. See madam see your shivering lover lies

First Line:
See madam see your shivering lover lies
Last Line:
These heats and colds of love for ever thus endure
DMI number:
22064

36. That beauteous creature for whom I'm a lover

First Line:
That beauteous creature for whom I'm a lover
Last Line:
But I say no more but I say no more
DMI number:
3985

37. Tell me no more of minds embracing minds

First Line:
Tell me no more of minds embracing minds
Last Line:
For seeing Chloris he turned flesh again
Author:
William Cartwright (Speculation)
DMI number:
6841

38. Sylvia how have thy kisses lost

First Line:
Sylvia how have thy kisses lost
Last Line:
I still had wishing been and true
DMI number:
3833

39. Stay o sweet and do not rise

First Line:
Stay o sweet and do not rise
Last Line:
Such wrong as when a married man doth woo
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
6707

40. Thou grief of my heart and thou pearl of my eyes

First Line:
Thou grief of my heart and thou pearl of my eyes
Last Line:
And hear thy fond owl chant wit to woo wit to woo
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
42536

41. To dear Amaryllis young Strephon had long

First Line:
To dear Amaryllis young Strephon had long
Last Line:
And dear Amaryllis was thought of no more
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
23123

42. Twas on the bank of that fair tide

First Line:
Twas on the bank of that fair tide
Last Line:
Humanity's disgrace
DMI number:
33579

43. Twas summer and the clear resplendent moon

First Line:
Twas summer and the clear resplendent moon
Last Line:
Of Lethe's fountain and forget to think
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
11820

44. What tender youth on bed of roses

First Line:
What tender youth on bed of roses
Last Line:
Will pay to Neptune's deity
DMI number:
10298

45. When first by fond Damon Flavella was seen

First Line:
When first by fond Damon Flavella was seen
Last Line:
Increasing her reason increases his love
DMI number:
23304

46. When first my free heart was inspired by desire

First Line:
When first my free heart was inspired by desire
Last Line:
In a second amour I will seek for my cure
DMI number:
6733

47. When first my free heart was surprized by desire

First Line:
When first my free heart was surprized by desire
Last Line:
I will find a new Phillis to give me my cure
DMI number:
4204

48. While I those hard commands obey

First Line:
While I those hard commands obey
Last Line:
Must lose thy sight or meet thy hate
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
33111

49. Whispering close a maid long courted

First Line:
Whispering close a maid long courted
Last Line:
Loving long and only loving
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24961

50. Ye poor little sheep ah well may ye stray

First Line:
Ye poor little sheep ah well may ye stray
Last Line:
And made my self quiet and happy again
Author:
John Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
16989